Bill Text: NY A09625 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires school districts in a city having a population of one million or more to provide transportation to students who remain at the school until five pm or later.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-23 - print number 9625a [A09625 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09625-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        9625--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 21, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. WEINSTEIN, HIKIND, SILVER, LENTOL, GOLDFEDER,
         CYMBROWITZ, ABBATE, LANCMAN, MENG, NOLAN -- read once and referred  to
         the  Committee  on  Education  --  committee discharged, bill amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
         school  districts  to provide transportation to students who remain at
         the school until five pm or later
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  3635 of the education law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
    3    9. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  TO  THE
    4  CONTRARY,  A  CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION
    5  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER
    6  SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR (I) PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK
    7  IN THE AFTERNOON FOR  THOSE  CHILDREN  ATTENDING  PUBLIC  AND  NONPUBLIC
    8  SCHOOLS IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIX WHO REMAIN AT THE SAME SCHOOL
    9  FOR  WHICH  THEY  ARE  ENROLLED FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED ACADEMIC CLASSES
   10  FROM HALF-PAST NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OR EARLIER UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK
   11  IN THE AFTERNOON OR LATER, ON WEEKDAYS, AND RESIDE  AT  LEAST  ONE  MILE
   12  FROM  THEIR  SCHOOL  OF  ATTENDANCE FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH SIX, AND AT
   13  LEAST ONE-HALF MILE FROM THEIR SCHOOL OF ATTENDANCE FOR  GRADES  KINDER-
   14  GARTEN  THROUGH  TWO  OR  (II) REIMBURSING THE COST INCURRED BY LICENSED
   15  TRANSPORTATION CARRIERS PURSUANT TO CONTRACTS WITH SUCH SCHOOL  DISTRICT
   16  FOR  PROVIDING  TRANSPORTATION  FOR  THOSE CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC AND
   17  NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIX WHO REMAIN  AT  THE
   18  SAME SCHOOL FOR WHICH THEY ARE ENROLLED FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED ACADEMIC
   19  CLASSES FROM HALF-PAST NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OR EARLIER UNTIL FIVE
   20  O'CLOCK  IN THE AFTERNOON OR LATER, ON WEEKDAYS, AND RESIDE AT LEAST ONE
   21  MILE FROM THEIR SCHOOL OF ATTENDANCE FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH  SIX,  AND
   22  AT  LEAST  ONE-HALF  MILE  FROM  THEIR  SCHOOL  OF ATTENDANCE FOR GRADES
   23  KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWO.   NOTHING HEREIN  SHALL  PROHIBIT  THE  SCHOOL
   24  DISTRICT  FROM REIMBURSING FOR COSTS INCURRED FOR SUCH CONTRACTS BETWEEN
   25  THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ANY ENTITY PROVIDING  OR  CONTRACTING  FOR  SUCH
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15114-05-2
       A. 9625--A                          2
    1  TRANSPORTATION  SERVICE.    A  DISTRICT  DOES NOT SATISFY ITS OBLIGATION
    2  UNDER THIS SECTION BY PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICE TRANSPORTATION.
    3    B. THE COST TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PROVIDING SUCH REIMBURSEMENT FOR
    4  TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES SHALL BE CONSIDERED ALLOWABLE COSTS ELIGIBLE FOR
    5  TRANSPORTATION AID TO THE SAME EXTENT AS COSTS INCURRED DURING THE REGU-
    6  LAR SCHOOL DAY.
    7    C.  THE  CHANCELLOR  OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
    8  COMMISSIONER, SHALL PRESCRIBE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE SYSTEM FOR  IMPLE-
    9  MENTING  THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE
   10  COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) AND (II) OF PARAGRAPH A OF  THIS
   11  SUBDIVISION, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ATTEMPTING TO MAXIMIZE STUDENT SAFE-
   12  TY WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE AGE OF THE STUDENT TO BE TRANSPORTED.
   13    D.  THE  PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN OR ANY REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORIZED BY SUCH
   14  PARENT OR GUARDIAN SHALL HAVE NOTIFIED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WRITING IN
   15  THE SAME MANNER AND UPON THE SAME DATES AS ARE REQUIRED  FOR  A  REQUEST
   16  FOR  TRANSPORTATION  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION WITH NO
   17  OPTION TO REQUEST TRANSPORTATION AT A LATER DATE PROVIDED THAT A REQUEST
   18  FOR SUCH TRANSPORTATION FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND  THIR-
   19  TEEN SCHOOL YEAR MAY BE SUBMITTED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
   20  DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.